Archive for April 2, 2015

The Last Supper on the wall of the Vatican's Sistine Chapel on Oct. 29, 2014. ?w=200&h=150

By Adelaide Mena

Passover and the Passion: Jewish roots enrich Holy Week celebrations

As Catholics around the globe prepare for the Easter Triduum, the three-day period beginning with Holy Thursday and culminating in... Read more

Military chaplaincy in eastern Ukraine, 2015. ?w=200&h=150

In Ukraine, Churches confront fearsome suffering

Bishop Bronislaw Bernacki of Odessa-Simferopol was stunned by the Russian annexation of Crimea and the subsequent war in eastern Ukraine.  Read more

Pope Francis celebrates Holy Thrusday's Chrism Mass in St. Peter's Basilica April 2, 2015. ?w=200&h=150

By Elise Harris

Don't flirt with spiritual worldliness, Pope cautions priests

During Holy Thursday’s Chrism Mass Pope Francis warned priests not to fall into a tiredness that leads to worldliness, and... Read more

Pope Francis kisses an inmate's foot at Rome's Rebibbia New Complex Prison April 2. ?w=200&h=150

By Elise Harris

Pope Francis to inmates: 'I too need to be washed by the Lord'

Pope Francis on Holy Thursday told inmates of a Rome prison that God’s love is personal and endless, emphasizing that... Read more

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Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament along route of Chartres pilgrimage June 9, 2019.

Vatican could reportedly restrict Latin Mass for Chartres pilgrimage, French media claims

The U.S./Mexico border in El Paso, Texas.

New Mexico bishops come out strongly against mass deportations

The last ordinary public consistory to create new cardinals took place on Sept. 30, 2023.

What is a consistory? Your questions answered

St. Nicholas, by Jaroslav Čermák (1831-1878).

5 things to know and share about St. Nicholas

Archbishop Domenico Battaglia of Naples, Italy.

Naples’ new cardinal sees red hat as call to ‘embrace the cross of the weakest’

Pro-life activist Matthew Engelthaler places signs in front of Camelback Family Planning, an abortion clinic in Phoenix, on April 18, 2024.

CDC: Abortions declined slightly following reversal of Roe v. Wade

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Hawley warns feds: Retain records on Catholic investigation, pro-life convictions

The Nicaraguan dictatorship of Daniel Ortega and his “co-president” and wife, Rosario Murillo, kidnapped and expelled from the country a priest of the Diocese of Bluefields.

Nicaraguan dictatorship kidnaps and expels another priest 

Pope Francis waves to pilgrims gathered in St. Peter’s Square for his Wednesday general audience on Dec. 4, 2024.

Pope Francis: Beauty urges us to take Christ out into the streets and bring him to people

St. Agnes Cathedral in Rockville Centre, New York.

Court approves New York diocese’s record $323 million abuse settlement

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